Show full directory path in Finder window title bars
December 2nd, 2007 - 10.5, Command Line, Customize, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks

The geekier amongst us and those familiar with Unix should really like this trick. You can have Mac OS X 10.5 display the full directory path in the Finder window title bar by issuing a simple command from the Terminal.
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
Then you’ll want to kill the Finder for changes to take effect:
killall Finder
To disable the full path title bars and revert back to the default, simply repeat the command with NO instead of YES as the operator:
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool NO
killall Finder
Note: this apparently only works within Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (thanks kg!)
Posted by: Paul Horowitz

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